🚨 deprecated, new example at firebase-gcp-examples

GraphQL Server on Cloud Functions for Firebase

Host a GraphQL Server in Cloud Functions for Firebase with ES6+!

Here is the accompanying Medium Post.

This method is markedly simpler than any other GraphQL-on-FaaS method I have seen. No custom packages for GCP or struggling with API Gateway or complex setup instructions for AWS. Just use the most prominent, community drive implementation.

TLDR;

Host your GraphQL Server on Cloud Functions enabling rapid development with GraphQL on a low-cost, auto-scaling web server leveraging Firebase's sweet, sweet developer experience.

Cloud Functions can accept an Express Server object directly, so leverage the Apollo apollo-server-express pacakge to setup our GraphQL server.

The schema and resolvers are the same used in the Apollo example.

Routes

Schema: https://us-central1-<project-name>.cloudfunctions.net/api/schema

GraphiQL: https://us-central1-<project-name>.cloudfunctions.net/api/graphiql

GraphQL: https://us-central1-<project-name>.cloudfunctions.net/api/graphql?<query>

Installation

git clone https://github.com/jthegedus/firebase-functions-graphql-example
cd firebase-functions-graphql-example
yarn install

Local Development

yarn serve

This will serve the Cloud Functions locally using the Firebase emulator.

Deploy to Firebase

yarn deploy

N.B.: Replace <project-name> in the .firebaserc to connect the project to your Firebase project.

A note on Code Compatibility

Everything was tested on Ubuntu 16.04 & Windows 10 with Bash on Ubuntu on Windows. If you wish for Windows native support please submit an issue so we can work on a Windows branch. Please report any macOS errors as I do not have access to a device to test. My development environment can be found here.